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New Marvel Legends action figures unveiled by Hasbro at New York Comic Con

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During the New York Comic-Con today, Hasbro has unveiled a selection of its upcoming Marvel Legends Series action figures, which includes Ebony Maw and Corvus Glaive from Avengers: Infinity War, along with Night Thrasher, Caliban, Forge, Beta Ray Bill, Kraven the Hunter & Spider-Man and Supreme Leader & Arnim Zola, and a second wave of […]

Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Worst to Best

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Chris Cooper shares his ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after twenty films… The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is now at twenty films. I’ve not spoken to one person who fully agrees on the order these films should be ranked in, and my wife is still giving me crap about where I’ve put Iron Man […]

Bryce Dallas Howard has defended Star-Lord’s actions in Avengers: Infinity War

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Chris Pratt’s co-star in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has defended Star-Lord’s actions in Avengers: Infinity War. Rightly or wrongly, Chris Pratt’s character Star-Lord is receiving a fair bit of abuse for his behaviour in Avengers: Infinity War, which many believed led to the mass killings enacted by Thanos. Pratt’s co-star in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, […]

Kevin Smith claims that Thanos is actually a hero in Avengers: Infinity War

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Kevin Smith has offered some interesting analysis of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, saying the villain is actually a hero. The crimes committed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, let alone over his villainous career, were pretty horrific and beyond anything enacted by past bad guys in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lest we forget, this […]

Marvel passes $4 billion global box office for the year with Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp

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2018 has been a banner year for Marvel Studios; not only is it celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the most successful movie franchise in history, but the studio has also amassed a $4 billion global box office haul for the year thanks to the success of Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War […]

The Iron Spider joins Iron Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War Battle Diorama series

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Sideshow and Iron Studios has revealed another addition to the Avengers: Infinity War Battle Diorama series statues in the form of Iron Spider which is based on the likeness of Tom Holland as the webslinger in the Marvel superhero epic. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $104.99, and is expected to ship between […]

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War gets a new VFX breakdown reel

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Cinesite has released a VFX breakdown reel for the superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War highlighting the extensive CG work that went into the Marvel blockbuster and giving us a behind the scenes look at Ebony Maw’s torture of Doctor Strange, the Iron Spider suit, and the Avengers’ first encounter with the Guardians; watch it here… SEE […]

Watch the Avengers: Infinity War gag reel

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Coinciding with its US Blu-ray release, Marvel has unveiled two gag reels clips from its superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War, taken from the bonus features of the home entertainment release; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Blu-ray Review – Avengers: Infinity War An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic […]

Howard the Duck almost made an appearance in Avengers: Infinity War

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After popping up in Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel, it turns out that Howard the Duck almost made his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this year, with Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo revealing to Fandom that he came close to making a cameo appearance in this year’s superhero […]

Thor’s old roommate Darryl Jacobson survived The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War

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With Thanos wiping out half of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the conclusion of Avengers: Infinity War, the fate of many beloved supporting players in the MCU was left up in the air when the credits rolled on April’s superhero epic. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo have already discussed whether a number of characters survived […]